"The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to……" — Alvin Plantinga
"The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these are not widely shared outside the Christian or theistic community is interesting but fundamentally irrelevant."
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10 Quotes by Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga has 10 quotes on this site.
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If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.
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Hence our verdict on these reformulated versions of St. Anselm's argument must be as follows. They cannot, perhaps, be said…
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Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan,…
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Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.
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In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are…
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Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate…
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If we don't know that there is such a person as God, we don't know the first thing (the most…
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There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science…
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But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good…
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More Assumption Quotes
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The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.
— Lester Bangs
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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many…
— Gary Becker
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The bad-boy label is just an assumption.
— Russell Brand
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
— Harry Browne
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the…
— Warren Buffett
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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,…
— Julie Burchill
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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.
— Ken Burns
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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile,…
— Alan Alda
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The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you…
— David Byrne
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of…
— Sherman Alexie
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The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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